Stock futures are trading in a tight range after new claims for unemployment benefits fell slightly but still remain above levels considered a sign of a healthy economy.

NEW YORK —The stock market started September with a jolt, turning sharply higher Wednesdayafter a pair of encouraging reports on manufacturing sent investors seeking out riskier investments. Prices for the safest assets — Treasurys, gold and the dollar — all fell.

Longtime independent Beaufort bookstore Bay Street Trading Co. has announced it will close this month, a casualty of the economic recession that continues to ravage small businesses across the nation.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Crescent Financial Partners and IT Trading, LLC launch electronic arbitrage trading system

NEW YORK -- Stocks jumped Wednesday after surprisingly strong growth in U.S. and Chinese manufacturing allayed some of the worries that had been building over the global economy in recent weeks.